Chris Smith actually said...

"What really is upsetting to me about what the administration... is we are not just in a world where people are being persecuted for their faith."

"the situation has significantly deteriorated and begs a significant, expanded, and sustained response from the United States."

"We must shine a light on them and the laws and policies that led to their imprisonment, and we need to hold the governments responsible for persecuting them accountable."

"But because non-state actors are now among the primary and worse perpetrators of egregious abuses, permitting our Government to designate these non-state actors as severe violators would both reflect ..."